Vulnerability CVE-2019-5164
Published: 2019-12-03   Modified: 2019-12-04

Description:
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the ss-manager binary of Shadowsocks-libev 3.3.2. Specially crafted network packets sent to ss-manager can cause an arbitrary binary to run, resulting in code execution and privilege escalation. An attacker can send network packets to trigger this vulnerability.

Type:

CWE-306

 (Missing Authentication for Critical Function)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Shadowsocks -> Shadowsocks-libev 

 References:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00023.html
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0958
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